She wants no kid
By bhanusb
@bhanusb (5709)
India
March 6, 2010 1:20am CST
In a discussion of mine about 'Motherhood' a friend said in her response she don't want any kid. She is a Westerner and married. Now we observe that in the Western countries and in Japan women don't want child or only one child. We know, the life of a woman get perfection when she become mother. Otherwise her womanhood never fully blossomed. A father loves his child, but not like a mother. The relationship between mother and child is direct and a bond of blood. A father can leave her child but generally a mother never can. Why the attitude of women about having child is changing in developed countries? Is it for maintaining high standard of living or they want to lead free life? In Animal World we see cubs have mother but no father(not in biological meaning). None can change the nature or can go against the nature.
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@Galena (9110)
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7 Mar 10
so what are you trying to say?
my life is already complete. I don't want children, but if I ever have one I will just have to find a way to balance them in my life.
why are there people who are not complete without children?
what is wrong with them that they are not whole without having a baby?
what does that say about their relationships?
I love my husband, and if it is just the two of us for the rest of our lives that will be perfect. we are SO happy together.
there is NOTHING missing.
and I'm just really not into children.
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@Galena (9110)
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12 Mar 10
I have to say, babies don't appeal.
I've never looked at one and felt any desire to have one.
I quite like them when they're old enough to have a conversation with. my nieces are great fun. but I'm always relieved to be able to give them back, and have a nice relaxing evening just the two of us.

@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
6 Mar 10
being a man i guess you just cant understand. also, things have changed. no longer do men protect their wives and give them everything their hearts desire by doing all the outside work while she sits at home only doing housework and having lunch with friends, etc. these days girls grow up watching their mother have to work and sometimes oft as not the father leaves, goes on about his life and the mom has to raise the kids alone. no girl wants to go through that so some opt just not to have kids.
plus at times, kids can make your life pretty miserable even when they are grown. i know having had 5 grown now myself. im always upset and/or worried about one or two of them.@bhanusb (5709)
• India
12 Mar 10
Yes I agree with you due to man's behavior to woman and family women are changing their views about life. Irresponsibility of men forced the women to change their life style. They are feeling more secure without having children. But I'm telling about the natural tendency of motherhood of women. It can't be denied.
@SViswan (12051)
• India
22 Mar 10
Well, I think it's a personal choice. I mean if a woman decides that she doesn't want a child, I don't see why she should be forced to have one. Not everyone has maternal instincts and not everyone feels complete after having a child. I'm not saying I'm like that...but I can understand a woman who is or thinks like that.
In a way, I feel it is better for such women not to have kids at all because it won't be fair to the child.
Whatever the reason...if the woman or couple has made up their mind and are sure, then I feel it is better to go ahead with their choice.
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@Ritchelle (3790)
• Philippines
8 Mar 10
it is but natural for any woman to want a kid. so maybe there is a grave and hidden reason why she doesn't want one. like me, i wouldn't have anymore than one kid. life is hard. a woman just doesn't give birth. a mother should make sure that the child is not just fed, clothed and put a roof over his head but a mother should make sure that the child is properly raised. if you come to think of it the first thing people think about when a person goes the wrong path is what kind of mother that person has.
i've always loved reading anything and everything and because of this i have high standards in almost everything. i also have gotten to realize that a woman shouldn't just be tied down to motherhood as the last place to be for she cannot grow anymore professionally. besides, the world is beaming with a lot of people already. i also wouldn't want to say to my child that we couldn't send him to school or help him go to college because he has other siblings. no child deserves that statement. people should be responsible: before, during and after copulating.
@jewels49 (1776)
• United States
8 Mar 10
Some women simply know they don't want to be a parent and that is completly their right to choose. Whatever their reasons are. Not every woman feels the ticking of a biological clock. I have seen some women with their children and wondered why they ever bothered to become parents at all since it was quite clear they weren't liking the job.
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@mr_pearl (5018)
• India
6 Mar 10
There is nothing wrong in saying NO to kid, I think. I mean it is the question of personal choice, right? When a woman is making a good career, she definitely can't think of a child. A child needs continuous attention for the first few years and a career woman can't give that much time to her kid. So such women think of having kids at later stages of life...
I know one such lady who is making a good career and doesn't want marriage or kids right now. There is nothing wrong in that. What is the point of giving birth to a kid and then not paying attention to it? It is going to spoil the child... It is better to think about it when one is well settled...
Happy lotting...
@bhanusb (5709)
• India
7 Mar 10
Yes I agree with you pearl,there is nothing wrong in saying 'no' to kid. But there is wrong when a lady says NEVER to kid. Yes a woman can wait to build her career and then she can have child. Definitely she will think. But she should not let the time go out of reach.
@derek_a (10873)
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7 Mar 10
I guess that not all people are made the same. There are some men (and women) who do not want children. As a therapist I have talked to both men and women on this issue of having children. Some women have told me that they have a biological instinct to have a child, but it only lasts a short while because in their mind, they want to keep their career. There are some who have told me that they would not bring a child into this dangerous world, so they don't want children for a different reason.
It is true that the attitude towards having children is changing, but there has always been some men and women who don't want children, but it is more widespread these days I guess.
Men do have a paternal instinct. My own father for instance, wanted a large family. I would have had 6 brothers and sisters, but 3 didn't make it, so I have 3 sisters now.My father would do anything for us and was very loving and supporting.
I have read several times and actually know women who have left their husbands and children, so again, it is not only men who leave, but women too - although this may be on a smaller scale, as you right say, the maternal instinct is very strong.
In the animal kingdom, the mother will nearly always support her young, but there are also some instances when the mother has rejected them. So it is not always the same. Nature does not alway conform to reason..
_Derek
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@smileonstar (4007)
• United States
6 Mar 10
HI,
I learned something about this before when I was in High school. I have two children my own and I love them more than anything. Even sometimes, my husband makes a joke that If I want to leave him then I have to keep children with him... NO Way I can do that.
I think most of women who doesn't kid cuz 1. they dont like anything about kid and 2. they might afraid to loose their good body thing. 3. they dont want anyone to stuck with her forever. 4. She afraid of give birth.
these are what I found and I think if you never have a chance to get through those then it is a big Missing in woman's life.
@donna22 (1116)
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6 Mar 10
Im 28 and the way I feel I do not want to have children. I like them but Im just not maternal. I dodnt go all funny and broody when I see them etc. Maybe I will chnage my mind Im not sure. I defiently disagree about womanhood being inconmplete without childen. As an earlier poster said, what about women who "cant" have children. Me not wanting childfen is nothing to do with me living my life how I want to but simply because I do not have that feeling of wanting to be a mother. It is irresponsible in my opinion to have children just because it is what is "expected" of you.
@bhanusb (5709)
• India
10 Mar 10
Hi donna, I hope you will change your mind in future. You are now 28 and you have enough time to take decision. I think not only motherhood, a family is incomplete without a child. Don't you feel your mother's happiness when she get your company? Only a mother can feel this.
@MysticTomatoes (1053)
• United States
26 Mar 10
So you're basically telling this person to nut up or shut up and have a baby just so she can feel "whole?"
@angelajoy (1825)
• Philippines
6 Mar 10
I think not all women want to have a child. Some don't, and many things affect their decision of not having a child, like environment, economic situation, and even culture.
@angelajoy (1825)
• Philippines
9 Mar 10
Lame excuses? I'm sorry, but I don't think there is a lame excuse not to have a child. Just because you're a woman doesn't mean that you have to have a child. It's not a requirement in life. I have my own mind so I will make my own decisions. I will decide what happens to my own body. I will not be pressured by others to have a child if I don't want to. I actually want to have a child in the future, but I will not do it just because people think I should. I will do it because I want to, and I will not think badly of women who choose not to have a child. And the economic reason is not a lame excuse at all. If you don't have money to raise a child, I think it's better to not have a child because you will only make your child suffer from poverty.
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@angelajoy (1825)
• Philippines
9 Mar 10
And I want to add that just because most women want to have a child doesn't mean that all of us do. How would you feel if others would pressure you to do something that you don't want to do?
@kaylachan (84834)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Mar 10
Woman have the right to chose weather or not they bare children. It doesn't really matter really where their from. Even though cluture may have some influance it doesn't change the fact she has made her choice. In countries like Japan, its not they are more "developed" as they are over populated. In which case, she probably wouldn't want to to the already-growing country as it is.
@bhanusb (5709)
• India
12 Mar 10
Definitely women have the right to chose whether they bare child or not. Women bare child,not men. Motherhood applied for women, not for men. Biological structure of women are made for baring child. Motherhood is a natural tendency of women. It is the process of creation. None can deny the nature.
@Dhamodhar (97)
• India
6 Mar 10
It is a just stupid thing even the animals have the idea to become a mother
Tha value of women is just becoming a"MOTHER" is just amazing feeling
it cannot express we want to realize that feeling.I suggest that you get a child otherwise the human life is not complete

@angelajoy (1825)
• Philippines
6 Mar 10
Are you saying that our womanhood isn't complete until we give birth to our own child? What about those women who can't get pregnant? Does that mean they're incomplete women? I think being a woman is not just about having a child. The fulfillment of women could come from different things. It doesn't have to be just by giving birth. Many women feel their womanhood without having a child.
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@angelajoy (1825)
• Philippines
9 Mar 10
@bhanusb: But your answer doesn't really answer my question. The fact remains that some women can't give birth no matter how much they want to. And if you are saying that the essence of being a woman only becomes complete if we give birth, then some women will remain incomplete forever, which I don't agree with.

@Lindalinda (4111)
• Canada
6 Mar 10
Dear Bhanusb,
The mothering instinct is not inborn and not present in all women. Even in the animal world you see sometimes a mother rejects her new born baby, eat it, kills it or abandons it.
Women can feel complete and fullfilled without giving birth. Myself I had children, but some of my friends did not and as far as I can tell they are still complete and wonderful human beings.
As Western Society moved away from being an agricultural society with the need for many children to work on the land, the need for many children diminished. Since the best way for children is to grow up in an environment where there is enough money for health and dental care and education fewer children make sense.
In Western Society alao we strive for equality of the genders. Women still must bear the children so if a woman has a great calling and great ambitions in life such as for example to become an astronaut, a pilot, a brain surgeon or other demanding profession she might opt not to have children because her passion lies elsewhere. That does not mean she is an incomplete human being.
In many Western countries and in Japan the population is already dense on small land masses, therefore housing and apartments are expensive. It is important that children have some space to themselves such as their own room. It is important that children, both girls and boys receive a proper education since education is the ticket out of poverty. Therefore, smaller apartments means less rooms, means fewer children. Add to this that both men and women usually work outside the home, so, caring for more than one child would be too much of a burden.
In addition most of the Western countries have pensions or some sort of system whereby you can accumulate funds for your old age. So the need to have children to care for you in your old age is no longer there. Therefore, some people do not see the need for children at all. That is also their right. No one is obligated to have a child to become a perfect human being.
@bhanusb (5709)
• India
7 Mar 10
Dear Linda, I agree no one is obliged to have child. But baby comes in mother' womb.
By nature it is her obligation to bring the child in the earth. If she says why she should bear the responsibility to give birth a baby, why not a man. Then I have no answer. I have to go the Court of God. A woman has the right to get the equal treatment like a man. Gender equality does not mean a man and a woman should be equal in all fields. To have a child both man and woman have role. Neither of them can play opposite gender's role. It is the rule of nature. The quality of human being is not against the nature. Man is man and woman is woman. Men play football(soccer). Women also play football. But they don't play together. After all we must obey the rule of nature. Otherwise nature takes revenge in her won way. Thanks for your long response.
@weasel81 (2496)
• Australia
6 Mar 10
just depends on the person, i'm not big on kids and if i didn't have my son probably wouldn't have any yet. it's just not in me, to go musshy over babies. i can't explain it, and i'm still not in a hurry to go back and have another child. i know there will be a big age gap between my son and the next child, but am not to fussed on that issue.
some people may feel their past having kids if they are older, so won't want any. then you get those who want to get to the top in their career before thinking of a family.
i think it waiting to have kids and live life more to the full while younger would be better. but then there is also plenty of time after the kids have grown up to go live life.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
6 Mar 10
Some women have other things in their lives which are more important than children.
I had children and am very maternal but I don't like children and have never been attracted to them. I like baby animals much better. It would not have taken much to make me forget having children at all. I loved my career and as soon as my children got in school worked outside the home. This was best for the family, I was happier and that made everyone else happier. As a culture we do no one any favor makeing women have children.
@bhanusb (5709)
• India
10 Mar 10
Yes some women may think they have many other things to do which are more important than have children. But motherhood is an instinct which all women posses except very few. I think those women who have not this instinct or deny this they are self centered . They only think for themselves.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
5 Aug 10
I have some friends that don't want children and the reason that they don't want children is because of the the fact that they want to advance their careers as far as possible. As for me, I knew from the time that I was a very young girl that I wanted to have children of my own. I always wanted to fulfill my need to be a mother and to raise children. Though it might not be something that is for everyone, I think that for me I made the best choice that I could make.
@homeshoppers (6166)
• Philippines
6 Mar 10
maybe they just afraid of big responsibility or perhaps shes still enjoying her life as being single. one thing is. whenever theirs a problem with the couple and once they have child the child will left to the mother and it will be her burden nor specially if the guy just leave the girl without offering for financial help. its not really easy to be pregnant yet work hard for the baby sake while some of those guys out there just easy for them to get out if they cant handle responsibility and have fun with there own while the girl left so troubled.
@bhanusb (5709)
• India
7 Mar 10
Yes there are some irresponsible guys who don't care for their wives and children. I said earlier a father can leave their children, but a mother can't. The nature make the women so. I agree a girl can delay her marriage to enjoy life. When a girl become self depended she can marry and have child. I'm sure then life will be more meaningful to her.
@ghieptc (2522)
• Philippines
6 Mar 10
Both options might be right for them. Either they want to maintain their high standard of living or would like to keep free life. For some instances I would agree to have only one child if you think you want to keep your high standard of living or be free. I don't think so having a child would make you feel in prison or would lessen your way of living. Actually, I believed that it would make you feel more responsible in life. Maybe for some they just don't want to be locked up to responsibilities of having a child and we can't blame them if that is how they want it. Let's just be grateful that for those who wish to have their own child and family are willing to continue life, share love and happiness with their offsprings. Yes, this will certainly complete a womanhood.

















